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Lot Embraer’s run - part 2 of 2

I divided it in two because of the number of photos:

Part 1:
07JUL Sofia Warsaw LO632 E170
07JUL Warsaw Gdansk LO3817 A72
is here (in Bulgarian) http://forum.bgspotters.net/viewtopic.php?t=2301


Part 2:
12JUL Gdansk Warsaw LO3828 E175
12JUL Warsaw Sofia LO631 E170

After couple of very nice days in Sopot



which tourist’s season is in it’s height – it was time for an early start .
Actually I overslept , for 1st time after many many years! Good , the taxi driver came early and after 5 minutes the reception guy was knocking on the door .
Quick ride to Gdansk airport, where 6 am is kind of a peak hour .There were two Wizz flights



as well as SAS flight to CPH



in addition to our domestic one.



After the security check quick glance through the windows :

Wizz :



Lot , I thought that’s the one for our flight , but it turned out to be another Embraer :



Then morning coffee in the small , but very nice business lounge:



Boarding was on time , bus ride to SP-LID :



12 Jul 2008
LO 3828
GDN-WAW
Embraer 175
SP-LID
3A
LEFT THE GATE 0603
TOOK OFF 0609
AIRCRAFT LANDED 0647
ARRIVED 0652

I think we were 1st to board today:



95 % passenger load , 100% in business class !



Taxied on the runway to the end , made a U turn and took off :

Lot Embraer 175 take off Gdansk 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z76FwWh8KE

After take-off , sharp left turn offering a good overview of GDN:



Spectacular lighting , when the sun came through the clouds:



Drink service only on this short domestic hop and soon we were descending towards Warsaw.

Again interesting clouds – very thin layer of them :



Wisla river before we turn for the final approach.





Same approach path as on 7th july :





The mall



We chased our shadow for a while , then soft touch down

Lot Embraer 175 landing Warsaw 2008 - 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_Vz-9YFfPc

While taxiing I caught Wizz taking off :



Finally a good shot of the Air Italy Polska 757 :



Couple of bizjets:



A new one for Air Italy ?



Then the government fleet:







Parked at a gate in the B part of terminal 2 .

From there some escalators:



Security check and passport control and straight to the nice business lounge at T2 – A :



After some web-browsing , reading and another coffee a walk around :

Centralwings:



SP-LKA :



Meanwhile , our Embraer came so I prepared to board:




12 Jul 2008
LO 631
WAW-SOF
Embraer 170
SP-LDK
3A
LEFT THE GATE 1059
TOOK OFF 1118
AIRCRAFT LANDED 1359
ARRIVED 1405

Ontime departure and long taxi to the take off runway.

Another classic 737 :



And yet another one:



Couple of Embraer 145:



And one of the few flying Tu 154 in EU:



Best regards to the Polish spotters:


Lot Embraer 170 take off Warsaw 2008 - 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jFec-PFtdg

The flight was uneventful , standard service , around 60% passenger load.

Initially I think the routing was for approach on RWY 27.

Crossed the Danube over Oryahovo :



Icing on the windows:



The “road runway” near Botevgrad:



But as we got close to Sofia we changed direction for 09 approach.

Over Kumaritsa?



Bozhurishte (note the SOF runwau in the distance)



Lulin 3



Filipovci



Lulin 9



Banishora



TEC Sofia



Central railway station



Central bus station





North Side of Lion’s bridge



Stochna Gara Plaza



And the rest in video , nice reverse to get the closer taxiway :

Lot Embraer 170 Landing Sofia 2008 - 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB0vlvyTC8k



Parked at B8:



That’s it ! I hope you enjoyed the reading.
Expecting your questions/comments etc …

One question - why the hell is that in english?

Pilot737 написа:One question - why the hell is that in english?

It was probably meant for another website
I bet somewhere on the net, someone is trying to make sence of the bunch of weird characters in an english-language forum lol ))))

Kumaritsa¡ Dobroslavtsi.

These were some top notch air shots of Sofia's western districts.

As far as it concerns this shot...

...this is Dobroslavtzi.

Pepsii, I will move this nice trip report to the English section for our foreign friends if you don't mind.

harrier написа:These were some top notch air shots of Sofia's western districts.

As far as it concerns this shot...

...this is Dobroslavtzi.

Pepsii, I will move this nice trip report to the English section for our foreign friends if you don't mind.

tx for the clarification and for the move . There is an older one ( http://forum.bgspotters.net/viewtopic.php?t=1787 )in English as well.

It is not meant for another site , just i get bored by the same route descriptions etc ... Next week flying through Warsaw again so you may expect one in Russian , or Hungarian

Lets make it multilanguage tripreport .

You speak Hungarian?

merlin написа:Lets make it multilanguage tripreport .

You speak Hungarian?

living 4 years in Budapest was hard not to ... but i doubt i will be able to put together a proper trip report ...